Recent and Upcoming Events/Dates (find details in the Current Issues page)
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August 8: Deadline for comments on the 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan. Interconnected rural landscapes are vital to wildlife. Here is the link to provide your comments. (Note, you do have to create an account to register and provide comments.)
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August 19, September 9: Public input events related to the update of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan. Check the website for details.
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July 10: Continued consideration of the application for a subdivision at 63rd Street and Niwot Road, docket SD-23-0003. 9:30 am@ Boulder County Courthouse. Outcome: The Commissioners voted 2-1 to DENY the application.
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May 22: Meeting of the Open Space Advisory Committee to consider whether to recommend that the County purchase the "Rangeview" property as open space. This is the Gunbarrel Hill property that was previously acquired by the Tennis Center of the Rockies and proposed as a private tennis facility. The meeting is at 6:30 pm @ Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl Street in Boulder. Public input will be taken. Outcome: The Advisory Committee recommended the purchase, and on June 10 the Boulder County Commissioners agreed!
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May 20: Lafayette City Council Meeting, second technical consideration of the eastern "gateway" annexation to determine if it meets eligibility requirements for annexation and possible development. (This is not a vote on whether the annexation happens.) Outcome: Petition meets eligibility requirements. Public comments were overwhelmingly against development.
Top Issues on Our Rural Radar
Three (!) Possible Annexations/
Developments in Lafayette
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Lafayette is considering a proposal to annex and develop 36 acres of privately owned County land at the southwest corner of Arapahoe Road and Hwy 287
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The associated “The Range at Lafayette” development would bring 343 apartments, 110 townhomes, and a mixture of retail including a big-box store to the land
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Another more recent annexation & development proposal is for 78 acres at the "eastern gateway" into Lafayette, at Baseline Road and N. 119th Street
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And a third one has arisen for 9776/9850 Arapahoe Road
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Residents have organized against these annexations, with concerns about overburdening water resources and schools, traffic, and the loss of open space and rural character in Lafayette
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Annexations are discretionary legislative actions and the Council can decide not to annex
Conditional Termination of Kanemoto Conservation Easement in Longmont / Possible 400+ Unit Development Proposal
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A December 30 press release announced that KARES and the plaintiffs will continue their fight to overturn Boulder County's decision to conditionally terminate the Kanemoto Conservation Easement
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The case now moves to the Colorado Court of Appeals
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For the legal fees, donations are sought through the non-profit Conservation Easement Preservation Society (CEPS)
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If annexed into Longmont, the proposal is to build over 400 units on the 40-acre property at Airport Road and the Diagonal Highway
Possible "Quail Road" Annexation and Development of 17 acres in Longmont: Apartments vs. For-Sale Debate
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310 rental apartments proposed in early 2024 (northwest corner of Airport Road and Clover Basin Drive)
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Public opposed, and advocated for for-sale housing instead
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Developer hastily withdrew application at February 2025 City Council Meeting when a "no" vote was imminent
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Developer revised proposal to have 15% of the 310 units as affordable for-sale units
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Longmont City Council voted on June 17th to refer the issue forward into the annexation review process
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Developer conducted a required neighborhood meeting in July
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Many steps and public hearings remain in the process
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Some council members and the public question whether the revised proposal meaningfully addresses concerns
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